Publisher's Synopsis
The articles included in this collection are the fruit of a major conference held at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth on the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the death of Richard FitzRalph. The book is divided into three sections that consider FitzRalph's career at Oxford and at Avignon, as well as tracing the reputation and influence of this 14th-century theologian. Chapters include: FitzRalph on the Eucharist * The Influence on FitzRalph of Bishop Grandisson of Exeter * FitzRalph and Adam Wodeham on Beatific Enjoyment * Adam Wodeham and Robert Holcot as Witnesses to FitzRalph's Thought * The Rhetoric of the Defensio * FitzRalph and the Afterlife * FitzRalph and John Wycliff * FitzRalph on the Filioque before and after His Conversations with Barlaam the Calabrian * FitzRalph and John Foxholes OFM * De Vitoria on FitzRalph *** "This is an enterprising, indeed in some ways provocative, collection of papers..." - The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 100, No. 1, January 2014Ã?Â?Ã?Â?
